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TIL there are an estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish in the US

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gLAD TIL Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) converted to Catholicism after playing a Catholic priest in a film. While filming Father Brown in Burgundy in 1954, Guinness was in costume as a Catholic priest, and was mistaken for a real priest by a local child. He converted in 1956.
1aaRV TIL that under the Articles of Confederation, Canada was entitled to become a state and join the US. Any other former British colony would need the approval of at least nine states to become a state itself. (See Article XI)
mQKx TIL Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” is the most played music video in the history of MTV
W7VaL TIL many dogs die around Easter and Christmas because they are given chocolate treats which are lethal due to the presence of theobromine and caffeine.
vPLWD TIL that serial killer Richard Ramirez was out of state when his identity was publicly revealed and published by the news. Not knowing that he was now wanted, he was beaten by an angry mob once he returned to LA.